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Wise Quotes — page 173 of 916
“All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.”
“A ton of prayer will never produce what an ounce of obedience will.”
“The main condition for the achievement of love is the overcoming of one's narcissism. The narcissistic orientation is one in which one experiences as real only that which exists within oneself, while the phenomena in the outside world have no reality in themselves, but are experienced only from the viewpoint of their being useful or dangerous to one. The opposite pole to narcissism is objectivity; it is the faculty to see other people and things as they are, objectively, and to be able to separate this objective picture from a picture which is formed by one's desires and fears.”
“To be successful in writing, use short sentences.”
“The same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence.”
“Enough is abundance to the wise.”
“A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.”
“Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy. If parsimony were to be considered as one of the kinds of that virtue, there is, however, another and a higher economy. Economy is a distinctive virtue, and consists not in saving, but in selection.”
“Our brain accepts what the eyes see and our eye looks for whatever our brain wants.”
“I would not advise people to buy a car or house without making a list. You will probably improve your intuitions by making a list and then sleeping on it.”
“To know whether you can trust a particular intuitive judgment, there are two questions you should ask: Is the environment in which the judgment is made sufficiently regular to enable predictions from the available evidence? The answer is yes for diagnosticians, no for stock pickers. Do the professionals have an adequate opportunity to learn the cues and the regularities? The answer here depends on the professionals' experience and on the quality and speed with which they discover their mistakes.”
“You will observe with concern how long a useful truth may be known, and exist, before it is generally received and practiced on.”
“Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.”
“Memories are fallible and a timer can save a lot of hard work from going out of the window”
“One should practice much sense, not much learning.”
“No man is hurt but by himself.”
“Is your integrity at the level of the thing you are praying for?”
“Learn to take losses quickly and cleanly. There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man's reasoning powers. Beware of barbers, beauticians, waiters - or anyone - bringing gifts of 'inside' information or tips. Don't try to be a jack of all investment. Stick to the field you know best.”
“Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others.”